[Gllug] ebook readers for technical books

[Sean Burlington]

> Are there any ebooks with the fancy screens which are hackable? Maybe to
> the point of running X/$your_poison but at least to allow communication
> with a proper computer (eg. some form of text-to-pdf).

The new barnes and noble one runs android
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/

I think the Iliad runs Linux
http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/features

> Rationale: It would be wonderful to sit in the garden typing on the
> laptop but with the results coming up on something as easy on the eye as
> a sheet of paper.

the OLPC is supposed to be readable in sunlight

http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml

"Monochrome display: High-resolution, reflective sunlight-readable
monochrome mode;"

But I haven't had my hands on any of these - and don't know how well they
cope with diagrams and fonts - I understand that Kindle and Sony readers
aren't so good at dealing with formatted documents.


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Sean Burlington
www.practicalweb.co.uk


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